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Uke has Mysophobia/OCD
When the President got into an accident, Shirotani Tadaomi met Kurose. On their very first meeting, Kurose could tell right away that Shirotani is Mysophobic and said that it’s pretty bad while suggesting it would be better to consult a doctor about it. Shirotani was left perturbed by the encounter. Who is Kurose? And how was he able to tell Shirotani’s condition?
Uke is OCD/Autism scripted but says it’s not diagnosed.
What happens when an engineer and an artist whose personalities are like oil and water have to work together? Jang Jaeyoung is like a semantic error in the perfect world of Chu Sangwoo. Will Sangwoo be able to debug this?
Reading this story is like going to therapy, I'm probably going to fire my therapist and just reread this weekly.
All jokes aside, I basically forgot who the main couple was because it devolves into the life and growth of the whole friend group. Basicallly every character is neuridivergent and/or processing trauma. BUT IT'S SO PURE AND WHOLESOME AND GOOD. Read this to clense your soul.
Uke is a hikikomori and hoarder with past trauma.
Exhausted by his job, Kamakura shut himself in a house overflowing with garbage.But his time, which stopped on "that day", started moving forward once again when a neighbor he had never spoken to before stepped into his house.A good-natured neighbor x a traumatised resident of a dirty room.
MC struggles with depression, thoughts of making himself not alive, and trauma. But the ML is the greenest flag of a mob boss possible TO THE POINT WHERE HE ALSO GOES TO THERAPY TO BETTER SUPPORT HIS PARTER!!!
There are several trigger warnings in this one so. So be sure to read them. Also, it does feel like they’re making light of mental illness at the beginning, but then how light they were taking it as addressed later in the story and actually part of the plot, not just bad writing.
Seme is Neurodivergent coded
Seki, who hangs out with the slacker students at his high school is discovered working part-time by the elite student Iwashiro. Despite not knowing each other, they fight, and while Seki is trying to get rid of him, he accidentally makes Iwashiro fall down the stairs. Having sprained his ankle, Iwashiro forces Seki to help him. What will happen when these two with completely different personalities start spending time together?
Seme has autism. It’s just so straightforward.
One day, arrogant and prideful Tatsumi came to the cafe where Tsuburaya works. Their relationship was just supposed to be customer and staff but Tsuburaya ends up coming in and out of Tatsumi’s house after meeting by chance during the cafe’s regular holiday.
After spending time with Tatsumi, Tsuburaya got to know him more and he later starts to be aware of that certain emotion.
Uke has PTSD and anxiety.
Jimmy, a small-time thief, is caught pickpocketing by a middle-aged guy named Reese. Instead of handing him over to the police, Reese makes him slog hard for a day at the book store where he works. Wanting to get back at the other man for humiliating him, Jimmy breaks into Reese's apartment, only to find evidence that he's a retired cop.
Seme is neurodivergent scripted.
"Are you going to spread your legs for me like you did for my brother?" After Louis was dumped by his boyfriend of many years, his ex-boyfriend's younger brother, Theo, appeared before him. Frustrated with Theo's relentless inquiring, and in spite of his dejection, Louis lied: "I was the one who broke up with your brother." That's when Theo’s obsession for him begans.
Seme is neurodivergent. "I have a disorder that makes it hard to feel or understand emotions"
Can you fall in love with someone who’s not even your type? On top of that, what if the person you just fell in love at first sight with is the kind of person that you despise the most? “Hyung, want to sleep with me? You already like me anyway.” Was he always this kind of guy? Flustered by his offer despite finding it rude, Euntak eventually accepts the offer but who tops?
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You train service dogs, I used to volunteer training service dogs so I could learn how to train my own as it is so hard to get them assigned and I knew I would need one as I have a degenerative disability.
I do totally get what you mean with how the physical injury/disability ultimately affects the brains ability to to function. My degenerative disability leaves me bed bound 50-75% of my awake time, it’s why I spend so much time reading, so I really get it.
I was simply surprised after reading the summary to see the physical stuff. And although I consider my autism neurodivergent and my disability differently abled, I have never considered my depression or anxiety (though mostly caused by the above) to belong to either of those categories. The reason being is that for them to be classified as differently abled they must first be classified as disabilities which is a difficult, long and costly process that most medical professionals like to avoid.
Well, I’m about to say something that’s very controversial for the service dog world, I also help with ESA‘s. I’ve seen both anxiety and depression so severe that they are completely debilitating as well. I just don’t want to draw a line in the sand for people who their own individual struggles and say that they’re suffering doesn’t count. If you want to talk service dog stuff, message me!
My pic is my service dog Ivy, now a 7 yr old standard poodle (in the pic she’s a puppy). Though where I am, in Australia, we call them assistance dogs instead of service dogs. Where are you from? I’d be curious to know if training or regulations differ to here and how.
I have autism (along with a host of other neurodivergent illnesses, according to your definition of the term), however I don’t believe things like colour blindness, knee injuries, etc, fall under the category of neurodivergent as they are physical medical conditions, and are not at all related to the neurological functions of the brain. An argument could even be made that depression doesn’t even belong here as it could be considered to be caused by a chemical composition in the brain or by exterior factors in the persons life.
I know the title is neurodivergent/differently abled BL leads so technically the title does cover for the inclusion of other mental and physical illnesses. But after reading the accompanying summary, you would not be expecting to see them in this list.
It also raises questions as to whether a person who suffers from depression or anxiety counts as differently abled and would they want to be counted that way. Also, would a person with an injury count themselves as differently abled or will they eventually heal?
I know this is nitpicking, but again, I have autism. Nitpicking on inaccuracies is kinda what we do.
But hey, besides this minor nitpick, I love that someone has finally made a list like this - been waiting forever to find one - and I can’t wait to check some of them out.
I’ve been mentally prepared since I started this list for a comment such as this. To be fair, before I start my response, I haven’t read my summary since I started this list and lowkey uninterested in doing so because I remember it being very disclaimer-y and my best attempt at being unoffensive. Also, what we can say are my credentials before getting into this are that I personally have several mental health diagnoses, but more importantly I work as a service dog trainer. I specialize in working with new teams and reinforcing/refreshing previously learned behaviors. As a bonus, I have one sibling with autism and another who is a wheel chair user. (A fun fact- both siblings have service dogs which inspired my profession)
Anyways, on to my response!
I purposely named it neurodivergent and differently abled because they’re both broad-spectrum terms that can include both diagnosed and undiagnosed conditions, and at times temporary ones. They both have the capacity to include a very wide variety of both physical and mental conditions as well. Anxiety and depression both certainly fall within that category. Obviously I can’t speak for every person with either condition, nor would I attempt to, but their personal preferences would not invalidate the inclusion of anxiety or depression in this list.
The purpose of this list is visibility for anyone who could relate to any atypical mental or physical condition. I decided to include injuries in the list because injuries have capacity to impact daily life, either temporarily or permanently/long term. I personally feel that it would ableist to exclude people like that from this space that I’m trying to curate.
Differently abled is a general and broad term that encompasses things from having a broken hand, to being born without a hand; from being blind to being color blind.
I’m with you on all things except for the fact that you said “credentials” and I know for a fact your brother would not want you to call him a wheel chair user, in fact he prefers the term “wheelie boi”
That reminds me of the time a woman asked my mom if all of her kids were special-needs and then corrected herself by saying “are all of your kids… interesting?” the look on my moms face was priceless
I’ve got autism and I stand by your assessments
same!!
I didn't know this was exactly what I needed. Love this list, hope you add more to it soon.
Glad you like it!